Hi,
I’m about to start a rfid project using MSP430. I have never used TI’s microcontroller before. Can anyone tell me which C compiler, IAR or CCE will suit me better? Thanks.
The IAR tools are vastly better than CCE, at least in regards to the msp430 family. I understand that CCE is good with DSPs.
IAR is also easier to learn since it doesn’t have so many “undocumented features”.
You can try the free kickstart edition of IAR and see what you think.
Eric
gwondas:
Hi,I’m about to start a rfid project using MSP430. I have never used TI’s microcontroller before. Can anyone tell me which C compiler, IAR or CCE will suit me better? Thanks.
If you are not going to use the tools for commercial use, I would buy the personal license for Crossworks from Rowley… IMHO its one of the best development tools out there for the MSP430…
If you need a commercial license the pricing is still under $1k…
You can evaluate the tools for 30 days… either way the personal license and the eval are both unlimited code size… For commercial use… Rowley issues licenses for multiple PCs as long as its for a single developer, so that you can have it on you desktop and lab machines…
I’ve downloaded crosswork manual and it looks real neat too, but unfortunately I’m only a poor uni student 
. By the way are there some kind of module function library for these compilers. I know there are premade function libraries like UART from C18 for pic and Winavr for atmel.
Why not trying an open source compiler?I’ve downloaded crosswork manual and it looks real neat too, but unfortunately I’m only a poor uni student Sad .
http://mspgcc.sourceforge.net/
It has the advantage that can be installed under both linux, windows, and mac. I installed it on linux and windows, and works well. This does not come with an ide (commmand line compiler only) but on windows I use dev-cpp, and on linux KDevelop to write code, then a simple shell script (or better a makefile) can be used to compile the code.